The course Primary Research Through the History of Beverly, was taught by W. Dean Eastman at Beverly High School in Beverly, Massachusetts.
The goal of the class was not necessarily for students to learn a chronological history of their hometown; rather, Beverly’s history is used as a vehicle for understanding contexts of both the history of the nation and the world. The “primary research” aspect of the class is the focus, as students gain understanding of what it means to be historians, to conduct original research and write original papers.
This class is offered in a “history laboratory environment”, where for example students learned about archaeology through field study in a archaeological pit built on the school grounds, or used an educational archives on the school grounds to discover aspects of the public schools at particular periods in history, or even rose at dawn to meet at local cemeteries to learn about Puritan gravestones and their meaning. These and other topics that students have researched in this class are offered on this website as examples of this approach to learning history.
This hands on approach to primary research makes history come alive through its own investigation!
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Is the Women’s Club of Beverly still going on? Where can I find any information about what year it started & what year it ended, if indeed it did. Also is there a list of officers of the club i.e., president, secretary & treasurer? Are any photos of the officers available? Any & all information you can offer me would be deeply appreciated.
Thank you.
There was never a “Beverly Woman’s Club” It was called the Lothrop Club -founded in 1895. As I remember the club finally disbanded in the late 1990’s with only 4 or 5 remaining members. My bet is that the Lothrop Club records are at the Beverly Historical Society
hen I was grengog up we still had the United Shoe Machionarx where my Grand father my mother and 2 other Aunt of mine worked the factory had 4 conected building and a tower with the stamped letters U S M C on it. was told by my mother as a child that the U S M C Was the worlds largest shoe shop. now it is knowen as the Comming Center and added two myse buildings to it. i wished they woul of left The tower just for history reasons. Joan